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This kind of “hypermodal” imaging would give doctors a much clearer picture of patients’ organs and tissues than a single method alone could provide. It could help medical professionals diagnose disease and identify the boundaries of tumors.  Read more

A newly patented technology developed as a collaboration in the departments of Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedics, and Microbiology and Immunology is at the heart of an Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant focused on preventing and treating orthopaedic implant-related infections.

Yumiao Zhang is the second UB student to receive the award from the Chinese Scholarship Council since it was founded in 2003.

On Thursday, April 7th, students who had placed within their department's poster presentations competed at the school-wide level. We are pleased to announce that our Biomedical Engineering representatives performed very strongly. Vincent Tutino won 3rd place in the poster competition.  

Jonathan Lovell received the Rita Schaefer Young Investigator Award at the Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering has been awarded accreditation from ABET - Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. 

New biotech method could lead to development of HIV vaccine, targeted cancer treatment

Yumiao Zhang, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering won the first place prize out of a field of 150 entrants for his poster presentation at the 41st Northeast Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC 2015) held in Troy, New York held April 17-19th.

Three graduate students took first place in UB’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) for a biotechnology venture that offers a revolutionary new way to deliver cancer drugs.